Notes:

-Abingdon, Allen’s Corners, and Grimsby Centre were not mapped as settlement areas. These rural clusters are identified on Schedule A: Regional Urban Structure, Amendment 2-209 to the Official Plan for the Niagara Planning Area, May 28, 2009 as amended through the addition of Policy 4.6.6 as ‘Villages and Hamlets’ however no detailed boundaries exist for these areas at the upper-tier or lower-tier level.

-Port Robinson Historic Settlement Area was not mapped as a settlement area

-Rockway and Vineland Station (Town of Lincoln), Ridgeville and Effingham (Town of Pelham) are not identified on upper-tier or lower-tier official plans, therefore they were not mapped as settlement areas

-Dry Industrial designations in Welland and Thorold related to Gateway Economic Centre were not mapped as settlement areas

-Highway Commercial lands in Thorold along Hwy 20 were not mapped as settlement areas

-Niagara District Airport and Welland Niagara Central Airport were not mapped as a settlement area

- Settlement Area boundaries were refined with the assistance of Niagara Regional GIS staff.

City of Hamilton

Official Plan

Settlement Areas

New/Amended Official Plan

Settlement Areas

City of Hamilton

Hamilton-Wentworth Official Plan, June 2005, Consolidated December 12, 2007

Mapping Source:

Map No. 1 – Regional Development Pattern, September 2011

Official Plan Description:

Urban Area Boundary, Rural Settlements*

*Rural settlements are conceptually identified at the upper-tier level

Notes:

-Hamilton is a single-tier municipality, therefore no lower tier-mapping is available.

-The detailed historic boundaries of Rural Settlements Areas are not available online. Consequently, Schedule D of the Rural Hamilton Official Plan was used to delineate the boundaries of Rural Settlement Areas. It was confirmed by City of Hamilton planner (Lindsay King) that there were no proposed expansions planned to any of the Rural Settlement Areas in Hamilton.

-The proposed urban area expansion related to the Airport Employment Growth District was not added as part of the Hamilton official plan review but instead proposed through a separate Employment Growth District Secondary Plan and Official Plan Amendment (OPA).

County of Brant

Official Plan

Settlement Areas

New/Amended Official Plan

Settlement Areas

The County of Brant Official Plan, November 7, 2000 - Office Consolidation April 20, 2004

Mapping Source:

Schedule A - Land Use Plan, September 2011

Official Plan Description:

Settlement Boundary

- Rural Residential; and Employment lands located outside a settlement area were not mapped as a settlement area

Amendment no. 23 to the Official Plan of the Township of King the Hamlet Secondary Plan, 1983

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Amendment no. 230 to the Official Plan of the Township of King Planning Area. Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan Amendment to Township of King Official Plan Amendment no. 23 (Hamlet Secondary Plan), October 20, 2003

Mapping Source:

Schedule 1 - Land Use Plan of the Official Plan of the Township of King Planning Area - Oak Ridges Moraine Plan Area, October 2003

Notes:

-Insufficient detail was available to delineate the Hamlets boundaries outside of the Oakridges Moraine Conservation Plan in the 2012 York Region (Upper Tier Plan), the lower-tier plan was therefore used where insufficient detail was provided

-Vaughan, Nobleton, Maple Lake Estates, Sutton and Pefferlaw’s boundaries were conceptual on the 2009 York Region Official Plan. While the settlements area boundaries of these communities varies between the 2009 plan and the 2012 plan it was assumed that no boundary expansion occurred. The differences in the mapping was attributed a refinement… and that the boundary simply changed from a conceptual boundary to a more precise boundary.

-Hamlet of Eversley was not mapped as it is not identified in any official plan documents

Durham Region

Official Plan

Settlement Areas

New/Amended Official Plan

Settlement Areas

Durham Region

Durham Regional Official Plan, Consolidation June 5, 2008

Mapping Source:

Schedule A – Regional Structure, Office Consolidation, June 5, 2008

Official Plan Description:

Urban Area Boundary, Hamlet*

*Detailed boundaries of some settlements are not provided at the upper-tier level, lower tier mapping was used as an alternative.